Casablanca

1) Casablanca was an American romantic film directed by Michael Curtiz in 1942. It was set in the early 1940s in a desert region and was themed off of pre World War II and the European Resistance in efforts for the French to work against the Nazi. The film starred Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergam,and Paul Henreid. In the film, Humphrey Bogart, who played Rick Blaine, was a night club and gambling den owner who was "living the life" until a former girlfriend, Isla Lund, played by Ingrid Bergam, of his walked into his club, which reminded him of their times together. The fact that she now dating the most wanted man in Casablanca, Victor Laszlo, played by Paul Henreid, made him even more disturbed by the situation. When he figured that they were together and planning to escape to America, he started to reconsider everything that he did with his life and felt that it was incomplete without Ilsa. Now that she was back he had to choose whethter to let his love for Isla stand in the way or help the two escape Casablanca and head to America.

2)Casablanca:http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/97725/Casablanca
According to the article, Casablanca was the considered to be the most celebrative and iconic motion picture in history. The film was based off of Murray Burnett and Joan Allison's play "Everybody Comes to Rick's". The film was a difficult production to make because of the producer had trouble trying to fill in roles, one specifically being the club entertainer role. The producer, Hal B. Wallis, considered Lena Horne and Elza Fitzgerald but finally settled on Dooley Wilson. The film was so popular it received three academy awards and great reviews.

3) The article related to the screening because they were both based off of World War II and the French trying to fight against the Nazis. In the film it was evident that it was well put together because of the picture, music and cinematography. The best classic films have a black and white picture, but the powerfulness of the story and the heartfelt music made it incredibly intriguing to its viewers.


4)Casablanca was a rather enjoyable film. It's message was to focus on both love and separating right from wrong. The film was about a man who was stuck between two of the hardest decisions of his life. His choice of whether to keep the woman he loved so many years ago to himself in Casablanca where she could be potentially arrested, or allow her to escape with the most wanted man in Casablanca to freedom in America. The fact that he loved her so much and ultimately wanted to see her happy, he let her go, which was the hardest decision he ever made.